MBB Remaining Schedule Side-by-Side
It's probably helpful to look at the remaining conference schedules for the top four B1G teams (for now, I am excluding Minnesota and Ohio St from title contention, because it seems like a longshot).
Michigan (0 losses) | MSU (1 loss) | Iowa (2 losses) | Wisconsin (3 losses) |
Purdue |
@Iowa | MSU | NW |
@IU | PSU | @UI | Ohio St |
Nebraska | @Wisconsin | Ohio St | @UI |
@Iowa | NW | Michigan | MSU |
@Ohio St | Nebraska | @PSU | Minnesota |
Wisconsin | @Purdue | @IU | @Michigan |
MSU | @Michigan | Wisconsin | @Iowa |
@Purdue | UI | @Minnesota | IU |
Minnesota | Iowa | Purdue | @PSU |
@UI | @Ohio St | @MSU | Purdue |
IU | UI | @Nebraska | |
6 home/5 away | 5 home/5 away | 6 home/5 away | 6 home/5 away |
Michigan's hardest 4 remaining games: @Iowa, @Ohio St, Wisconsin, MSU
MSU's hardest 4 remaining games: @Iowa, @Wisconsin, @Michigan, Iowa/@Ohio St
Iowa's hardest 4 remaining games: MSU, Michigan, Wisconsin/@Minnesota, @MSU
Wisconsin's hardest 4 remaining games: Ohio St/Minnesota, MSU, @Michigan, @Iowa
What is apparent is that (1) if we win all our home games, it will be very, very difficult for someone to outright beat us; (2) MSU would appear to have the hardest remaining schedule, with away games at the other 3 contenders plus @Ohio St; (3) it is REALLY good that Wisconsin has suffered a few losses, because their schedule is favorable going down the stretch. It is also crucial that we don't have a letdown and lose 1-2 of the next 3, because that squanders the advantage in the schedule.
January 27th, 2014 at 7:12 PM ^
January 27th, 2014 at 8:27 PM ^
January 28th, 2014 at 1:14 AM ^
Didnt one of the computer predictors give Michigan a 3.5% chance of going 3-0? Don't take rpiforecast.com too seriously. A team can easily go into an 0-3 hole. Ask Iowa St, Oregon, OSU and Wisconsin.